Hi Friends and Happy Monday! How was your Christmas if you celebrated? I am here with Sarah and today I am going back to Tuesday night and working my way forward...capturing our Christmas Week
Here is what it looked like....
Tuesday Night
Rob headed to dinner and then the Bruins game with Zach, Marshall and Tom- Christmas Present for the boys!
I took a jacuzzi bath for the first time in a long time and enjoyed watching the snow lightly fall...it was so cozy and warm and a great way to decompress after a pretty brutal year- ha!
When Diana got back from the WHS Hockey Game, she and Eva came to snuggle with me and we watched the last two episodes of the Taylor Swift documentary- SO GOOD- I want to watch the whole thing again!
Wednesday
Christmas Eve!
The girls and I headed out first thing to meet up with the Fournier girls for breakfast and our gift exchange...morning after the snow
The only pic I snagged a breakfast #fail
When we got home, I took out Remi and snapped a few pics because even I had to admit that it was very pretty
Then I got cooking
The Lobster Risotto
I also made crabbies, prepped the shrimp cocktail, made a dip and a Christmas Pull Apart Bread appetizer. Then I made asparagus and a salad. My mom made the famous Christmas Eve pasta.
We left for church a little before 3...even though mass didn't start until 4...we needed to reserve a bench for our fam
My girls!
Our beautiful church AND Monsignor Anthony came back to say mass- I was so excited! :)
On the way home, I snapped a pic of our very pretty town common
Then it was time to celebrate with all the fish! We had a house full...it was a different year and I loved it...the big kids came this year to celebrate instead of Christmas morning and I really enjoyed it...
A Gift we saved for this special night :)
Christmas Gift for the Girls Again- Dancing with the Stars!
We had such a great night!
Thursday
Merry Christmas!
It was a nice slow start....quiet morning....the girls opened their one gift from Santa...Ariana Grande tickets!
Then we enjoyed breakfast together with Papa- I made a berry croissant breakfast bake that we all loved and agreed to make for Easter again!
and we enjoyed some of the Andy Williams Christmas Special and White Christmas
Then while Papa went to get ready, the four of us and Remi hit the Rail Trail for a Christmas Morning walk! It was beautiful...and very slippery...I fell at one point...Eva fell at one point too...we had some laughs...it was great :)
Then it was time to head home and get ready to hit the road!
We got to Mimi and Papa's around 12:30 and enjoyed a quiet and delicious Christmas Day...Mimi always outdoes herself with an elegant meal
We headed home to crash around 5 and Diana was the only one to head out again...she enjoyed Christmas Night at the Fourniers...we went to bed! The post-Christmas exhaustion is real my friends
Friday
I was up bright and early and headed straight to heated yoga...felt so good!
When I got home, I showered....purged some clothes for donations and then got some work done.
For lunch, I threw together another "supermodel snack"- delish!
and took Eva to her doctor's appointment- grateful for our healthy girl!
When we got back, I got some more work done.
That night, Rob had a gig...Diana headed to the WHS Hockey Game with Friends and Eva did too...so just Mama and Remi were home and hunkering down. I watched some 20/20 but feel asleep pretty early...so exciting right? Ha!
Saturday
It had snowed again overnight so Rob got up to clean us up outside. I got some organizing and blogging done while enjoying my tea.
Then Diana and I hit the road and headed to Carbonneau's Bridal and Formal in Worcester MA- took us a little over an hour-not bad especially since it had snowed overnight!
We were going prom dress shopping- we wanted to start early- take our time and the plan was not even find her dress this day but guess what? WYKYK...she found the dress- spectacular- or as I was saying "outstanding" for Senior Prom....here are a few runner ups...it was hard to decide!
We highly recommend Carbonneaus in Worcester- wonderful selection -beautiful store and stellar service- they took such great care of us!
After that, we took a Christmas gift card and enjoyed a nice lunch together...Diana said "this is such a great day!" I couldn't agree more :)
Then we headed home. I started watching a series that Cass recommended on Netflix called "The C Word" with Laura Linney- it is really good! I got sucked in!
That night, Rob had a gig, Diana headed to the hockey game and I did too with Eva and her bestie. Although Windham lost to Salem, it was what we call here in New England "a nail bita"- very exciting game to watch.
Sunday
I was up bright and early....made my tea..headed to mass and then the gym. Met up with my Lea and we agreed to do mass and the gym together on Sundays- woohoo!
When I got home, we all got working together to de-Christmas and clean up. Diana convinced us to keep up the family room tree just with the lights on for some extra coziness this winter :)
I then did the meal planning and went grocery shopping. Diana headed to work and Eva and Rob headed to the last WHS hockey game of the weekend.
Last night, I made chicken enchilada soup (enjoyed mine with these protein chips ftw!)
and we watched some more of "The C Word." I think Rob is sucked in now too
BTW this is a GREAT snack...cure for your sweet tooth while getting in an awesome punch of protein!
What were you all up to?
21 comments:
It looks like the merriest of Christmases! All of your food and decor looks so good. And snowfall provided great holiday ambiance- you guys had a white Christmas :). I love all of the family pictures!! And how fun to go prom dress shopping and have a dress picked out already. I´m glad the experience was a great one from start to finish- something Diana will remember for a long time, no doubt. Have a great Monday!
That sounds like such a wonderful round of Christmas celebrations! Yay for finding the dress on your first try (isn't that always the way; when you think it will take forever it doesn't?!).
Sounds like a lot of wonderful food and family fun. I printed out your risotto recipe when you posted it last time and am thinking about making that on NY Eve. I love a mother-daugther day : ) And how great to find a dress when the shopping isn't during crunch time. Happy new year Holly!
What a lovely week! So much family time and beautiful memories. The shopping day looks fun and how nice to have already found a dress. Now it’s time for happy new year!
What a lovely holiday week! And such a beautiful white Christmas! I love the idea giving tickets/experiences as a gift. Your girls got some good ones!
Aww that white Christmas is gorgeous! We are in Eastern NC so we have never had a white Christmas here lol. I love that tub by the window! I know that's a cozy refresher! Your daughters are beautiful! I'm so glad you all had a wonderful holiday! Keeping the tree up with lights sounds like such a fun idea! I'm ready for mine to be gone though lol! I hope you have a wonderful week, thank you for hosting as always!
It sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas! The bath sounds amazing and how cool to have snow falling! Yum to the lobster risotto! Your church is beautiful and your town is so cute! Wonderful photos, how lovely to have a house full! The girls sound so happy with the Ariana Grande tickets and what a delicious looking lunch on Christmas day!
How exciting to be prom dress shopping! All of those dresses are stunning!
Thank you friend as did yours! I have to say that this year the dress shopping day was so much better-we got some great help and there was an awesome selection :)
Yup! Just goes to prove we are not in control- ha! :)
OH! Let me know if you make it Joyce and what you think- one of our favorite recipes :)
Thank you Jen and yes Happy New Year!
Thank you Marilyn- yes I think experiences go so much further and create the best memories!
Aww I would love the weather down there Stacy! :)
Thank you so much Kim! :) Hope yours was fabulous!
That just sounds magical! You are lucky to have all the family - most? - nearby! Wonderful traditions! The berry breakfast bake looks so good!
What a wonderful week full of Christmas! I hate that you fell, but at least you can laugh about it now. That snow is stunning! I would love to experience a white Christmas someday. It was close to 80 degrees here on Christmas day! Bleh. It didn't feel like Christmas at all. Happy last Monday of the year to us all!
What a festive week! I loved hearing about all the delicious food and family gatherings. YEA for finding the prom dress. I don't know if I posted on the blog but my daughter and I are going to DWTS in NYC in Feb - can't wait!
Thank you Amy :)
Hee hee! It didn't even hurt-there was so much snow to break my fall :) We should've traded places Jenn- I would be giddy with 80 degrees!
Hope you have a blast Tanya! My girls just love it :)
Merry Christmas! The jacuzzi bath looking out at the snow is so pretty!
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